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Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1857-04-14

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IK ......... i T .-Tj-.T-7 T r , j-.,. -.,---,. r ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 11 ' II 11 ' . ' " " I l' I " " 7 ' .1 " VOL III. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 14, 1857. : t NO.22. A. it ' . , . . . , f , . .. . - , Selected -frcftlj. " ' ROBIN'S COJHE. From the elm troo'a topmost bough, Hark! the robin'i early long, ' Telling one end all, that now Merry springtime haatca along; Weleonie titlinga thou doat bring, . Little harbinger of Spring ,; ...... Robin' come. . Of the wintor we are woary, ' Weary of lt froat and enow, Longing for the tunehine chorry, And the brooklot'i gurgling flow; Oladly then wo boar tlice aing, . Bobin' come. Ring it out o'er hill and plain, Through the garden'e lonely bowers, Till the green leuvos danco again, Till the air ia aweot with Sower ) Wake the cowslip by the rill, - Wake the yellow daffodil, Kobin'e como. Then, ni thou were wontof yore, Build thy nest and rear thy young Cloa beside our Cottage door, In the woodbinoa leavca among ; 1 Hurt or harm thou necdat not fear, Nothing rude shall renture near, ltobin'a come. Swinging atill o'er yonder lane, llubi n answers merrily ; Ravished by the sweet refrain, Alice clapa her hands in glee, Shouting from the open door, With her clear voice o'er and o'er, " Robin'a come 1" Bayard Taylor in Lapland. Bayard Taylot, tho traveller, rcturnod to Stockholm from his Arctic Excursion about the middle of February. The Tribune with which ho corresponds says : The highest point he reached was Kauto-keino, at CO deg. Pie traveled on sledges drawn by reindeer, and found the excessive cold cosier to bear than he had expected. For six days of the journey they rodb with the thermometor at 40 deg. below zero. Mr. Taylor was in excellent health on his return to Stockholm. In a letter from Taylor in tho Tribune we find the following paragraphs : DE8CRIPTI0S OF A NORRI.ASD BOY. On one stage our baggage-sled was driven by poika of not more than ten years old a darling' fellow, with a face as round, fresh and sweet as a damask rose, the bluest of eyes and a cloud of silky golden hair. TBAVKLI.INO, TEMPERATURE 22 BELOW ZERO. The temperature, at starting, was 22 deg. below zero colder than cither of us had ever beforo known. We were a little curious at first, to know how we should endure it, but to our delight, found ourselves quite warm and comfortable. The air was still, dry, and delicious to inhale. My noso occasionally required friction, and ray beard and moustache became a solid mass of ice frozen together so that I could scarcely open my mouth, and firmly fastened to my fur collar. Wo travoled 40 miles, and were twelve hours on the way yet folt no inconvenience from the temperature. THE PARADISE FOR KLEIOII RIDItfO. Tho travel is almost wholly a journey by night, dawn and twilight, for full day there is none. The sun rises at ton and sots at two. Wo skim along over the black, fir-clothed hills, and across the pleasant little valleys, in the long, gray, slowly gathering day break : then, heavy snow clouds hido half tho brief day, and the long, long, dusky evening glow settles into night. Tho sleighing is superb, tho snow pure as ivory, hard as marble, and beautifully orisp and smooth. Our slods glide over it without effort, the runners making music aa they go. IDE iurrv jiORiiLAXDEns. The people of this region are noble specimens of tho physical man tall, broad-shoul dered, large limbed, ruddy and powerful ; and they are mated with women who, I venture to av. tio not even susncci mo . . L At.. existence of a nervous system. The natural consequences of such health are morality and honesty to - . say nothing 01 ine quantities oi imy aim robust children which bless evory household. If health and virtue cannot secure happiness, nothing can, and theso Norrlanders appear to be a thoroughly happy arid contented race Cen-Jitckson va. Justice Taney. It has been always remarked that tho true aoldior has a more cirroct notion of justico and liberty than the pettifogging lawyer. In an address which the patriot issued to his colored soldiers on the 18th day of December, 1814, Gen. Jackson said : When on tho banks of tho Mobile I called you to take up arms,inviting you to par-tako the perils and glory of your ir7iifFellow-Citizens, I erpcctei much from you ; fori was not ignorant that you possess qualities most formidable to an invading enemy., I knew with. what fortitude you could endure hunger and thirst, and all tho fatigues of a campaign. I knew well how youloved your native country, and that you, as woll as ourselves, had to defend what man holds most dear his parents, wife, children and property. ' You have done more than I expected. In addition to the previous qualities I beforo knew you to possess, I found among you a nolAe en- - . r .1 I thiuiam which leads to the performance of great things." ,. v. -. " "' : Street Edueat on 'A city missionary visited an unhappy young man la our jail, waiting for Ms trial fort State prison'crime ; "Sir," said tha prisoner, .with tears running down his cheeks " I had a good fcomo education ; it was .my street education that tulned me. I used to Slip oui of the fconse and go off with tho boys in the street In the streot I learned to lounge"; in. the treat I loarDod to s wear ; in thestroot I team ed to smoke ; in tha street I learned to gam. tin in tha street I learned to pilfer. O, sir tjt is in the street tha devil lurka to work the sum of tho young 1" 03 Spcnsippora' caused the picture of joy ind gladucsa to U set about his school to g' tify that the business of education ought to be t00erea as.gieasan. as may IMPORTANT REVELATIONS. LETTER FROM A MINNESOTA FARMER. Conversation with Governor GearyHie Treatment by the Administration. . Tremost House, . Chicago, March 30, 1857. Editors Tmduke : Thus far on my way from Washington to my home in Minnesota, I cannot bettor spend an hour' than detailing the substance of, and, as far as I am able, tho language used in a conversation with Gov. Geary, in Washington, on Wednesday last. I was introduced to the Governor by an old and valued friend of his, and was very cordially recoived. I found him to be a gentleman of about 40 years of age, tall, well proportioned, evidently athletic, and with a very honest and agreeable face. Of courso, our conversation turned at once upon what is now uppermost in every mind the affairs in Kansas. I have, all my life, been what is called a National Democrat j and though my territorial residence forbade me taking any part in tho last Presidential ebction.my sympathies and hopes were earnestly for Mr. Buchanan. I was not, then, as you imagine, exactly prepared to hear the tale that Gov. Geary told. I had looked upon the reports which were circulated in opposition newspapers, as grossly exaggerated statements of occurrences in tho Territory ; and, though willing to admit that the pro-slavery men had been guilty of some excess, I consoled myself with the natural supposition that the other side was equally to blame. Even the report of the conversation of the Gov. in tho office of tho Missouri Democrat, I looked upon as a partizan statement, greatly distorted for political purposes. Judge then of my surprise, to hear, from his lips, a confirmation of all that I had looked upon as false, before ; and to hear the remarks attributed to him by tho Democrat, not only reaffirmed, but repeated with minute details which greatly heightened the effect of what he had to say. I do not proposo to detail at length tho conversation that filled almost an hour ; but I cannot refrain from calling your attention and that of your readers, to tho few points which have not appeared in the many reports given by the public press. Passing over his confirmation of the charges of atrocities, which have filled tho Republican papers a confirmation, direct, positive, and unequivocal I will mention what he said in relation to the withdrawal of tho troops : "Every Pro-Slavery man of influence as well as many of the saloon-keepers, common loafers and the like, knew of tho proposed withdrawal ; and I was taunted by them some of them the vilest of the vile with the fact that I was to bo left unsupported, long bo-fore I had any official notification of what was intended. I did not pay any "attention to these things, inasmuch that I, though then suspicious, yet depended upon the positivo assurance of the Administration that 1 should bo sustained. The discovery that the people of the Territory were to be left at tho mercy of the assassins by whom they were threatened, was the severest .trial to which I was subjected." , , '. I repeat his language as literally as possible ; and I am suro that I do not color or cx- agcrate the facts. In rotation to the character of tho men who havo been laboring to destroy his power and influence, he observed : " There are mon here in Washington now, seeking for office, and with tho probability that they will get what thoy ask, whose hands and arms up to Oieir elbows are red with blood! I know them to be murderers ! Yet they are graciously received by Mr. Buchanan and the Cabinet, and their statements are taken as truth wherever they conflict with mine. They .... ... J r are treated witn more coruiamj nnu imur than I, who havo tried to discharge my duty i faithfully and honestly, can ever hope to bo." In relation to the coming election and the probable complexion of tho Constitutional Convention, he said : " I believe that at least two-thirds of the people of tho Territory are in favor of making Kansas frco ; but under the operation of the plans which thoir opponents have devised, there is no doubt that a Pro-Slavery Consti tution will be framed." Tho differences between the two parties, he statod as follows : "Among tho Pro-Slavery men, thero is no freedom of speech or the press hardly of opinion. Tho first inquiry made by thorn of evory new-comer, is, " Where are you from ?" and if tho answer is "from the North," that man is marked, and neither bis person nor property is safe. They havo established a reign of Terror. Among the rce stato men, I found nothing of this : every man who has an opinion is at liberty to express it without molestation. I had no trouble with them after the first difficulties wero over nono what- er." Tho Governor was vory direct and explicit in his charges against the lato Administration, and by no means disposed to spare that now in power. Ho seemed to speak as an honest, injured man. Going to Kansas with tho in. tcntion of dealing alike with all parties, and enforcing the) laws as ho found them, without inquiry as to how or by whom tkey wore made, he soon learned that that policy was not what his party there, or bis superiors in office do sired. . ".They" (I use his words) "dreaded nothing so much as soon as they ascertained that be was not io be used for thoir purposes, his troubles and persecution! commenced. H complaiued that his dispatchea sot to the Department of State were grossly garbled In publication, when they were permitted to see tho light at alt The part which supposed to be offonsiro to the Pro-Slavory party wore stricken put j and tlto, "country said, he, '' has never yet learned tho whole truth." Ha thought that no objection was ever made to any strictures upon Frco Stato men ; but when tho truth was told of their opponents, it was " goring our ox." . Id this conversation of which I hare given but a brief outline, the Governor, though thorc were others in the room, a part of tho time at least, spoko principally to me, as I had particularly requested astatemont of facts as thoy had como under his observation. He did not speak under excitement, but discreetly and with apparent care to tell the exact truth. His Secretary the name I do not recollect was present dnring the conference, and ho often in the most emphatic manner, confirmed the G ovornor's words. Indeed, so excited was he, at times, when a topic of peculiar interest was touched the murdor of Buflum, for in stance that his indignation manifested itself not only in his words, but in an exceedingly demonstrative personal manner. When,thor-oughly aroused by tho Governor's narration, I asked him : ' Governor what am I, a Nor-then Democrat, to do ? I am tempted to de clare, here, that I am roady to work hereafter with the Republican party ? " ho answored quickly and decisively " There scorns to be no other courso for an honest And intelligent man to pursue." I have thus given you a sketch of what oc curred in an interview which has left mo in no doubt of what is my duty to do. I believe religiously believe that Governor Geary is an honest and conscientious man, and that he told me tho truth. I go home to my farm in Minnesota, ready to co-oporato with any men or any party to make, not only Minncsota,but every Territory, now and forever hereafter free. Allow mo in conclusion to say that I did not go to Washington to breathe the atmos-phore .which I there found. My business was not of a political nature, but connected with tho settlement of disputed land claims, for myself and others, in the General Land Office. I am glad to got back, out of the cringing ser vility of Northern men, of my own party, of which I was tho unwilling witness. JOSEPH FORD. Fountain Grove, Rico County, M. T. Dontli or Anderson the Traveller. Tho Ftcdrclandct of Stockholm, of March 2d, says: " Wo havo just received tho news of the death of tho celebrated Swedish traveller, Mr. Andersen. Ho some time ago set out on his third journey into tho interior of Africa to make zoological researches, and after having explored the banks of tho Tiogho and of Lake Ngami, ho undertook, in company with an Englishman, JUr. urccn, an excursion in an easterly direction, and succeeded in reaching a country into which no other European cvor penetrated. Thero ho met a young elephant and went in pursuit of it ; just as he was on tho point of overtaking it a very large elephant joined it, two natives fired on tho latter and wounded it, on which the animal attacked Mr. Andersen and killed him by trampling him under foot. ' Mr. Andersen was buried on the spot on which he was killed. His numerous and valuablo collections havo been deposited at the consulate of Sweden and Norway, at tho Cape of Good Hope." Mr. Andersen was tho author of tho captivating book of travels which was introduced with such flattering comments by Col. Fro-mont, in a letter to the publishers in this city, a few months sinco AT. T. rost. The Conviction of Ward at Tole do. The murder trial which has becen going on in Toledo the past and present woek, has resulted in tho conviction of Ward for the mur der of his wife. The Blade, of Thursday, says : " The murder is one of tho most brutal, horrid and disgusting in all the annals of crime A husband not only murders his wife, after cold-blooded premeditation, but he sits up nights, with his door locked, cuts hor into small pieces, and burns up hor remains in tho stove. This process occupied several days, in which time he drew largely on tho shops around for shavings, and tho unsavory scent went forth from the chimney, and .filled tho nostrils of those who happened to be in the vicinity. Ward occupied himself with this disgusting and appalling work, till ho thought he had obliterated all traces of his guilt, and defied dotection. " But " murder will out." It is amazing what an array of facts, unimportant in themselves, have been brought to bear on the case, and what an irresistible convic tion of guilt thoy carry to the mind." A mysterious Affair. On Tuesday, a man named Crooks who is a printer by trade from Lancaster, Ohio, procur ed a warrant and had arrested Wm. H. Nick-crson, charging him with being John Jones, who a long while ago killed in Columbus, 0., officer Becbc. Crooks says that tho. accused told him while intoxicated in Burlington,Iowa, that ho was the murderer, and that ho has sinco then made to him the samo revelation. Two weeks since he again encountered him at Evansville, and they went to Now Harmony on tho Wabash, where he was unable to have him arrested. , Thence thoy came to thisoity. ' Nickerson donios that ho wag in Columbus, Ohio, at the time, and" say that he is a shoemaker from' New York. "He has been paying Crooks expenses for some weeks( and during all tbat time 0. has been seeking to have him arrested. At the time of tho murdor, Crooks waa confined in tho "Ohio 'penitentiary. - -j Crooks', the atcuser, is la jail, as wU as Nickerson, the "accused. - ". , ;x ... ..... . ' - ' ' ni in . . , '!(rAEible distributor in Kentucky report that or thirty thousand families b tiflr ite, one-fourth had no Bibto, and many had never heard of sucb a kaok a all ! '" There wore threo regtdarly-onlained minister also who had nocopt of tba Scripture?, THE DRED SCOTT CASE I!f TUB On 10 LEGISLATURE. Report of tho Standing Committees on Federal Relations, to whom was referred tho resolution of Mr. Kolloy, of Franklin, and various petitions relative to the recent decision of the Supremo Court of the United States, in the Dred Scott Case. Tour committee submit that so far as they are able to comprehend tho force and effect of said decision, it, among other things, na tionalizes Slavery, annihilates the heretofore conceded right of the free Statos to inhibit that institution ; assorts that there is no power in Congress, or the people of tho United States, orof tho Territories, to exclude Slavery ; sane. tions tho monstrous proposition that man can hold proporty in man; shuts the courts of justice to hundreds of thousands of native born citizens ; assumes that tho black has no civil rights ; and dooms every foot of soil to tho curso of Slavery, and that irrevocably. Your committee assort that this case has no parallel in wickedness in the history of the world. Yerros was content to lay waste a few insignificant provinces : this decision deals , with a nation, yea, an entire race. It imbrutcs and inhumanizes the race, and ! with a sublimo touch of Vandalism, it ruth lessly strips human beings of rightsGod-given, and hands them over to bo devoured by human beasts of prey. Such now is declared by the highest judi cial tribunal in the land, to bo tho mission of tho Constitution of tho United States. If so, better far that it had never been writ ten. This decision, however, is contrary to all preconceived notions of that instrument. The union of States under the federal com pact, has heretofore been regarded as a combination of so many independent sovereignties for fixed purposes and definite objects. States( upon entering the confederation, wore not supposed to have surrendered any of their local rights as independent governments. Theso they cautiously reserved. They del egated to tho General Government certain powers believed to be in harmony with their reservations. Tho object to be attained was not a strong, overshadowing central government, which should efface State lines and obliterate State institutions, but ono which should -effectually secure to all theso State, se curity from foreign aggressions, immunity from domestic divisions, and protect, foster, cherish and perpetuate civil and religious liberty, and the rights of all mankind. These, as old as the Constitution, are all in detail, dissipated by said decision. It becomes us then, as citizens of Ohio, calmly yet firmly to tako our position and abide tho consequences. If wo rido out the storm, well ; if we go down, better thus than tame submission to such consummate wickedness. Threo times onco by tho ordinance of '87, onco by the j Constitution of A. D., 1802, and onco by our present Constitution has tho territory of our j State been forever consecrated to freedom. Now, however, we loam that those instruments wero a cheat, a delusion, and a mere rope of sand. We learn that our own Ohio, instead of be. ing in fact a free, is in effect a Slave State. Tho mighty sin against God, and tho giant wrong against man contemplated by that decision, wist not and shall not be consummated in Ohio. It attcmps to force upon us an institution, hated, loathed, and execrated by the whole civilized world, and by no portion of tho earth with a deeper and more abiding detestation and abhorrence than by tho peoplo of our State. The men and women of Ohio regard Slavery with a loathing which no words yet coined will express. This acursed institution may be planted upon soil, and interwoven with our institutions, but not until every valley, evory plain and every hill-side is reddened with the blood and whitened with the bones of our sons, brothers, husbands and fathers. Sternly to tho South and their Northern abettors, wo say in all kindness, that it will tako more than one decision fulminated by a Jesuitical Catholic Judge, to conquer a freo Protestant people. We may be deprived of tho ability and power to prevont the clanking of tho bondsmen's chains around our altars, our homc3 and our fires, but, thank God, no human power can prevont our dying in the attempt. We may bo unable to protect thou sands of our own citizons in tho onjoyment or thoir civil rights, but long, fierce, and desperate will be the struggle before we yield tho point. Wo havo now seen every department of tho Gcnoral Government subsidized to the support, spread, maintainance, and eternaliza-tion of slavery. In this mad crusade against our dearest, most sacred, and most cherished rights, we have interposed our most earnest remonstrance, and uttered our most solemn warning. All unheeded and uncared for has boon that remonstrance and that warning. . , This decision, if undertaken to be enforced, places us immeasurably beyond that point where forbearance is longer a virtue. Yea, it is questionable whother It Is not even now a crime against both man and God. - Endeavor to enforce thatdecisica m our Stato, and from the blue waters of Lake Erie on the north, to the beautiful Ohio on the south ; from the hills of Pennsylvania on the east, to the plains of Indiana on . tho west, but ono toioo will be licard echoing and reechoing tho war cry of tha Bovolulion " Give u Liberty, or give ut Death." ; v.- ; . : , 1 As an indication of the purpose of the Gen. oral Assembly and theeopie of, Ohio, your committee- recommend the adoption afthe fol lowing resolutions, &ndtuo passage of the ao tompanying act: ." v''' - 1 MOLCTI05S. Rm'.vJ by tht Grntrtt Jssmb'y of Cm Rate of Ohio, 1. That this General Assembly has observed with regret that in the opinion Iato-ly pronounced by Chiof Justice Taney, in bo-hair of a majority of tho Supreme Court of the United States, in tho case of Dred Scott against J. F. H. Sanford, occasion has boon takon to promulgate, extrajudicially, corlain doctrines concerning Slavery, not less contradictory to well known facts of history, than repugnant to the plain provisions of tho Constitution and subversive of the rights of Freemen and Freo States. 2. That in the judgment of this General Assembly, every person born within the limits of any State of this Union, is a citizen thereof, and to deny to any such person tho right of suing in the Courts of the United States, in tho cases where that right in guarantied by the Constitution to all citizens of the United States, is a palpable ahd unwarrantable viola- tion of that sacred instrument. 3. That the doctrine announced by tho Chief Justice, in behalf of a majority of the Court, that tho Federal Constitution regards slaves as mere property, and protects the claims of masters to slaves to tho samo extent and in tho samo manner as tho rights of own- ers in proporty, within the limits of Free States, during temporary visits or 'for purposes of transit, to the practical consequences of which doctrine no Free. State can submit with honor. 4. That the doctrine also announced in behalf of a majiorty of tho Court, that there exists no power in the General Government to excludo Slavery from the Territories of the United States, subverts express provisions of the Constitution, annuls the just authority of the People ol tho United States over their own territories, and contradicts the whole practice of the Government under every administration from that of Washington to that of Polk. 5. That, in the promulgation of the doctrines against which wo now protest, we rec-ognizo the natural effect of the ascendency of thojslave power in the Supremo Court of the United States secured by that arrangement of tho Circuits which gives to the Slave States, with less than one-third of tho Freo Population of this Union, five out of nine judges leaving to the Freo States, with more than two-thirds of tho Free Population, only four ; and we hereby instruct the Senators and re quest tha Representatives of Ohio, in the Congress of the United States to use their best endeavors to obtain such a modification of existing laws as will secure to the Free States their just representation in that Tribunal. 0. P. BROWN, " H. CATSKrKLD, Committee of the Senate. RALPH PLUMB, E. GUTHRIE, J. H. LITTLER, GEO. MYGATT, Committee of the Douse. Bill to prevent slavcholding in Ohio. Sec. 1 Provides that any person attempting to "old another as a slavo directly or indirect ly, shall bo Jinca ana imprisoned. Sec. 2 Provides that if any person shall seize or arrest, or uso any forco or fraud for the purposo of detaining any other person, upon pretense that such person is a fugitive from service, shall bo punished by fine and itnpris- onmcnt. Sec. 3 Provides that any attempt to kidnap any person with intent to carry said person out of tho Stato for the purpose of enslaving him in somo other Stato or jurisdiction, shall be punished by confinement in tho Pcniten- itcntiary. Sec. 4 Provides that the provisions of tho bill shall not apply to any act lawfully done by any marshal in tho execution of any legal process. Gov. Geary's Conversations. Joseph Ford, of Fountain Grove, Rico county, Minnesota Territory, a farmer and a Dem ocrat, who could not vote for Buchanan be-causo he rcsidsd in a territory, but whose sympathies were steadily with the Buchancers who considered the " bleeding Kansas " stories lies, and thought the Missouri Democrat's report of that which was stated in conversation, by Geary, in the office of that journal, a misrepresentation, was introduced to Geary at Washington, by an old personal friond of the Ex-Governor, and had a long conversation with him. He has written out a report of the talk at tho interview, which has appeared in tho Chicago Tribune, and more than confirms tho Missouri Democrat's Geary pro- nunciamonto. He professes to givo Geary's very words in thjs paragraph : "Thcrearo men hero in Washington now, seeking for office, and with the probability that they will get what they ask, whose hands and arms up to their elbows are red with blool. 1 know them to be murderers I Yot thoy aro gra- ciously received by Mr. Buchanan and tho Cabinet ; and their statements are taken for truth wherevor thoy conflict with mine. They are treated with more cordiality and favor than I, who havo tried to dischargo my duty faithfully and honestly, can ever hope to bo." Tho appointment by Mr, Buchanan of a crowd of tho Ruffians to the offices within his gift in tho territory, shows that the Ex-Gov. ernor waa right. ' - - : How to Soar MRS A Kite. Every schoolboy knows that a kite would not fly nnless it had a string tying it down. It is just so in life. The man who ia tid down byhalf-a-dozen responsibilities and their mother will mako a higher and stronger flight than tho bachelor wno. havinz nothinn to keop him steady, is always floundering in the mud. If yolt want to ascend in the world tie yourself to somebody K "' " - ? T : . (T In chnrch'at Jtivaa, Nicaragua there is a very well executed bust of the leader of tha American revolution, of whom the natives speak as tba Good Saint, Otorge Washington., . WE8TWAICD IIO I The usual Spring tide of emigration to the West has already commenced. Well do we remember when Ohio was " the West," and Illinois on the verge of sundown. Now, men cross the Mississippi, and wind their weary way over miles and miles of prairie, to pau.io only upon the Pacific shore. Properly upcak-ing, " West " is now Kansas, Nebraska and Minnesota "the Northwest," Oregon and Washington Territories. The emigration of Wisconsin is also very largo ; at the next apportionment she will have as many mcmliers of tho House of Representatives as Virginia. Iowa is settling with amazing rapidity. Her fino soil, good water and plentiful supply of timlicr, form great attractions to the emigrants.A large numlier of Kansas and Nebraska emigrants pass through this city. Tho steamers are crowded with families from tho old States, moving West with baggage generally citizens of intelligence nnd liberal ntenns We apprehend that tho unsettled condition of Kansas will cause a rapid increase of settlers in Nebraska, as soon as the laud offices are open. Minnesota is a land of promise to the New England emigrant. Emigration is generally upon the same parallel of latitude, and therefore tho citizens of Now England and Northern New York generally prefer Minnesota. Tho Northern part of tho State is well timbered, although the climate is somewhat frigid in winter. Tho recent grant of land for railway purposes will be divided among six different roads, as follows : 1. From Stillwater, by the way of St. Paul, to St. Anthony, and to "a point between the foot of Big Stone Lake and tho mouth of Sioux Wood River. 2. From the same points by the way of Crow Wing and St. Cloud to tho navigable waters of the Red River of the North, at such point as the Legislature of the Territory may dolermine. 3. From St. Paul and St. Anthony, via Minneapolis, to the southern boundary of the Territory in the direction of tho mouth of the Big Sioux river. 4. From the same points as tho above to the north line of the State of Iowa, not cast of Mitchell county, in that Stato. This grant is for a continuation of the Ceder River Brunch of tho Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska Railroad whose eastern terminus is at the City of Clinton, on the Mississippi. 5. From Winona, via St. Poter, to a point on tho Big Sioux river south of tho 45th parallel of north latitude. 6. From La Crescent up the valley of Root river, to a point of junction with the last mentioned road, cast of range seventeen. Of courso it will bo many years before all of these roads are constructed, the grant, however, will prove a great incentive to settling the State. In Minnesota, on tho first of Juno next will bo held an election for delegates to the Constitutional Convention, which assem bles in August following. In Nebraska three new land offices will be opened about thciuid- Robert J, Walker's Opinion in Regard to Slavery in Kansas. Extract from a letter written by Robert J. Watter, Sept., 1S5G.J Thero is another reason not heretofure ad-vorted to, which seems to render it impracti cable long to maintain Slavery in Kansas. In all the Slave States there is a largo majority of voters who are non-slaveholders, but they are devoted to the institutions of tho South they would defend them with their lives and on this question the South are a united people. This class, composed of many small farmers, of merchants, mechanics, overseers, and other industrial classes, constitute mainly the patrol of the South, and cheerfully unite in carrying out those laws essential to pre serve the institution. Agaimt a powerful mi nority and constant agitation, Slavery conld not long exist in any State. It is a well known fact that this result would have followed soon in several . of tho Slavo States ; but for the unanimity speedily produced there by the Ah- ohtion agitators and mtcrmcddlcrs of the North, Now, Kansas is much divided on the question of Slavery, there ; there is a powerful minority there, if not a majority. A partj not neutral but bitterly hostilo to the institu tion ; and for this, in addition to tho reasons beforo given, J do not belirve Kansas will become a Shve State. A Noble Deed. Yesterday afternoon, as tho train on the Evansville and Crawfordsville Railroad, was starting and had got under considerable headway, a child was discovered on tho track only a short distance ahead of the locomotive. Tho engincor immediately gavo tho signal and reversed his engine. The fireman, Mr. Charles Miller, seeing that tho train could not be stopped in timo, sprang through tho lookout, or window of the ongino, ran atong,until became to the forward end, jumped off, and snatched tho child from tho track, just in time lo save it from being crushed, as the locomotive was within five feet of him when he saved the child. 2irr Haute Esprest. More Filibusters. St. Ijocis, April 2. It is rumored that one j hundred and fifty filibusters uuder tho coin- mand of a son of one of our merchants, will soon leave this city to join an expedition which is shortly to invade Costa Rica, and thus relieve Walker by directing tho attention of hi enemies to another point. Abundant means aro said to be at their disposal. OCTlheEngliih papers received by tho Europa have beautiful tributes to the memory of Dr. Kano. The ono In the Loudon Atho-nsrjoin closes with the following words : "His death will be soverely felt by his countrmen, "by whom ha was greatly loved. England, too, will mourn the loss of so gallant and enterprising man, who, although yonng in years, had gained a high reputation." The papers recently contained an account of a man In Savanah who drew a $15,-000 prize In tho IbttoryY went on a iptee-, fosi his money, and dio4 iu a fit' Almost such a ease has within a few days occurred ib Wikshl ington. A young man obtained s pTi of $1,500 in the Southern Military Academy Lottory, and ba Cn crarj wneaquence ADVETt?RES OF A UED. t'.V-i Police Courts are great institutions, and some very humorous affairs happen thero as will bo scon by the following jfeport in a lata number of the Cincinnati Vi-mnercial:,: . Charles Hoffman a short time since lived in peace and plenty in the romantic .vicinity .of North Bend, but times grow dull, ami go concluded to remove himself, his bcitcr-half.and household goods, to tlu bustling locality of tho Queen City. Arrived hum, Charlos entrusted his furniture to tlw carecf a drayman named John Fenton a broth of a boy, with, one of tho riches,t Cork brogues ever bottled for exportation on tho other side of tlw Atlantic. . ( ' " I washes mine hands ov dcm." said Uoff-' man in an accent decidedly Germanic, "until Buch dime as you dukes nm mit mine house das I (lakes in Sax drect," and Fenton having taken the responsibility, Hoffman took vrow, who by the way is a fair flower from the Emerald Isle, and escorted her to their new habitation.In duo time the dray arrived, but upon er-amination the load was discovered to be minu a bcd,whieh the drayman while scratching his head, said must have fallen somewhere upon tho way from the b at. 1 1 ore u pou a war of word s ensued between Mrs. Hoffman and the drayman iu which somo not very delicate compliments were passed on cither sido, but which resulted at that time in the latter driving off, and leaving the lady to "waste hor sweotnesa on the desert air." Finally sho procured a search warrant, and in company with anofficer sho examined Funton's domicile where a bed was found which she averred to be the on which the treacherous drayman had represented as having fallen off the dray. All the parties, including Mrs. Fenton, a fut, fair and forty dame, whoso sleek sides looked as if good bedding was most essential for their comfort, appeared in court, together with the disputed bed. Hoffman detailed his history until the-timo that lie had seen it safely deposited upou the dray. " It ish a goot bed," said he, " vor I prings it from Yarmony," and in recalling old reminisconccs connected with the bed, a shado of melancholy overspread his countenance, "but," continued ho, " mine vrow knows him, she knows him by his mark." " Hould on," broko in the corpulent spouse, of John Fenton the drayman. " Hould oti, shurc now and yer honor won't be after letting thim swear a dacent womau's bed frou. under her widout law or reason ; haven't I got a mark too, as can prove that the bed's mo-own thrue property ?" " You can't bo admitted a witness in this case," said the court, " and now my good woman," addressing Mrs. Hoffman, "how do you know that the bed belongs toyour husband ?" " By this pace of tick," replied that lady, holding triuinphautly aloft about six inches of that fabric, "which I cut from the bed by token when I ripped it to paces, and sowed it over agin, and by tho needlework that I pit into it." " It's me own blessed bed," cxclamed Mrs. Fenton "that they're seeking to take froiu ancatn me." - r - - " Hould yer fr.lse tongue," screamed Mrs. Hoffman, " the bed's mine by raison of the tick and the stitching." " Ye're a black hearted perjurer," retorted Mrs. Fenton. " The curse of .Cromwell on yc'cs for thry- ' ing to stalo a poor woman's bed" from her." re joined Mrs. Hoffman. - , "Silence" thundered the Court, amlrcssinc; tho belligerent (cmales,nnd then looking around the Judgo added, "is there an expert in bed ticking hero?" . At this a gentleman who professed soma) knowlcdgo in bed ticks, advanced, and after a careful scrutiny, pronounced the remnant produced by Mis. Hoflnun, as tho same pattern and fiibric with the ticking of the bed. " llowly mother," exclaimed Mrs Fenton, holding up her arms, "it's mo bed they'll he afthcr stealing from me afther alL" , Another expert, however, gave bis opinion that tho fabricks wore not similar, and yot two more decided upon the opposite sides, to tho bewilderment ol the Lourt, with whom there. appeared but ono altcrnativo, to cut the bed ia two and make an equal division. By thi time lawyers, rcportcr-i and a crowd of principals and witnesses in other cases crowded cu- ''sly around, and opinion appeared equally -m .m..i, B : amj,l0 tn0 troublesome subject in. dispute! There was a deep silence, which was suddenly' broken by the shrill voice of Mrs.' Fenton. - " Shuro now," said that lady, " to tell ma-that I don't know tho ould bed t'ltat poor Mikei Flannignn died on wid tho small-pox, pace to. his sowl." . . Had a bomb shell fallen upon llur spot, the crowd assembled around that bed would not havo Iieen more effectually dispersed. Ont corpulent gentlemen in his eucerness to get away, turnod a back somerset over bench, othors ran to ho windows, which they threw-wide open, while tho prosecuting att'y wrath-fully exclaimed to some attendants,, " take. that infectious thing down stairs." At this. moment the Judgo who had concluded the in-spection, majestically waved his armt. and commanded silence. ,, : " We are enabled," said ho, to disposo of this knotty case at once, we have examined lioth Cibrics and find that the threads in ono. run different ways from the center of the pat-, torn, while in tho other they run across, whirl proves that the ticking is iu4 the same. So you, "addressing tho Hoffman's," ufunt b. content at tho present time with a soft plank, while you, turning to the victorious Kenton's, " may tako up your bed and walk." ' Black ako Whttis. A negro woman ronf-i ding at No. 3 Richmond street, Boston, gavo ' birth on Sunday to two living infants, one of. which is black and tho other white. Ex-, change. ' ' Qr. How would Chief .Tuitica Taney draw the distinction between the two, aa regard. their being or not bcingcitizens ef the United States ? Can one sue in the federal courts and not in the other I Or are both shut out in r v i v I i,;..k t ..... su,npUval , them. X J. rost. . - t Bkactiej or tub Law. In thq WaraeMtr: (Mass) Court of Common PWaV fewdya , tito, Mr. Dudle? sued Mr. Tilt to recover. $t,25, the price of a pair of boot, Judgment ' was given lor tha pluintilf, who rerovared hi I $1,25, and had t py his lawyer, beside lott- , ing his timo. Tlie defendant rwy his law.-y ars, tbsM his timo, and haa to " fork over $120costa,togve $t,25.' '""-' : ? Cl.CARixa Ur. At country buret wher, Sheridan was on a visit, a oil maid desired to he bis companion in a walk. He xcuwl ; himself at first an the ground of the balifoitii of the Weather. She noon aAerwnjdti delect ted Mm in an attempt lo escape .wtibfut fcM J W ell," she said, " ia a cleared up, I see.". " Why, yeSj" t answered, " it is cleared enough tot ent but not enough for two. l It t I i

IK ......... i T .-Tj-.T-7 T r , j-.,. -.,---,. r ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 11 ' II 11 ' . ' " " I l' I " " 7 ' .1 " VOL III. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 14, 1857. : t NO.22. A. it ' . , . . . , f , . .. . - , Selected -frcftlj. " ' ROBIN'S COJHE. From the elm troo'a topmost bough, Hark! the robin'i early long, ' Telling one end all, that now Merry springtime haatca along; Weleonie titlinga thou doat bring, . Little harbinger of Spring ,; ...... Robin' come. . Of the wintor we are woary, ' Weary of lt froat and enow, Longing for the tunehine chorry, And the brooklot'i gurgling flow; Oladly then wo boar tlice aing, . Bobin' come. Ring it out o'er hill and plain, Through the garden'e lonely bowers, Till the green leuvos danco again, Till the air ia aweot with Sower ) Wake the cowslip by the rill, - Wake the yellow daffodil, Kobin'e como. Then, ni thou were wontof yore, Build thy nest and rear thy young Cloa beside our Cottage door, In the woodbinoa leavca among ; 1 Hurt or harm thou necdat not fear, Nothing rude shall renture near, ltobin'a come. Swinging atill o'er yonder lane, llubi n answers merrily ; Ravished by the sweet refrain, Alice clapa her hands in glee, Shouting from the open door, With her clear voice o'er and o'er, " Robin'a come 1" Bayard Taylor in Lapland. Bayard Taylot, tho traveller, rcturnod to Stockholm from his Arctic Excursion about the middle of February. The Tribune with which ho corresponds says : The highest point he reached was Kauto-keino, at CO deg. Pie traveled on sledges drawn by reindeer, and found the excessive cold cosier to bear than he had expected. For six days of the journey they rodb with the thermometor at 40 deg. below zero. Mr. Taylor was in excellent health on his return to Stockholm. In a letter from Taylor in tho Tribune we find the following paragraphs : DE8CRIPTI0S OF A NORRI.ASD BOY. On one stage our baggage-sled was driven by poika of not more than ten years old a darling' fellow, with a face as round, fresh and sweet as a damask rose, the bluest of eyes and a cloud of silky golden hair. TBAVKLI.INO, TEMPERATURE 22 BELOW ZERO. The temperature, at starting, was 22 deg. below zero colder than cither of us had ever beforo known. We were a little curious at first, to know how we should endure it, but to our delight, found ourselves quite warm and comfortable. The air was still, dry, and delicious to inhale. My noso occasionally required friction, and ray beard and moustache became a solid mass of ice frozen together so that I could scarcely open my mouth, and firmly fastened to my fur collar. Wo travoled 40 miles, and were twelve hours on the way yet folt no inconvenience from the temperature. THE PARADISE FOR KLEIOII RIDItfO. Tho travel is almost wholly a journey by night, dawn and twilight, for full day there is none. The sun rises at ton and sots at two. Wo skim along over the black, fir-clothed hills, and across the pleasant little valleys, in the long, gray, slowly gathering day break : then, heavy snow clouds hido half tho brief day, and the long, long, dusky evening glow settles into night. Tho sleighing is superb, tho snow pure as ivory, hard as marble, and beautifully orisp and smooth. Our slods glide over it without effort, the runners making music aa they go. IDE iurrv jiORiiLAXDEns. The people of this region are noble specimens of tho physical man tall, broad-shoul dered, large limbed, ruddy and powerful ; and they are mated with women who, I venture to av. tio not even susncci mo . . L At.. existence of a nervous system. The natural consequences of such health are morality and honesty to - . say nothing 01 ine quantities oi imy aim robust children which bless evory household. If health and virtue cannot secure happiness, nothing can, and theso Norrlanders appear to be a thoroughly happy arid contented race Cen-Jitckson va. Justice Taney. It has been always remarked that tho true aoldior has a more cirroct notion of justico and liberty than the pettifogging lawyer. In an address which the patriot issued to his colored soldiers on the 18th day of December, 1814, Gen. Jackson said : When on tho banks of tho Mobile I called you to take up arms,inviting you to par-tako the perils and glory of your ir7iifFellow-Citizens, I erpcctei much from you ; fori was not ignorant that you possess qualities most formidable to an invading enemy., I knew with. what fortitude you could endure hunger and thirst, and all tho fatigues of a campaign. I knew well how youloved your native country, and that you, as woll as ourselves, had to defend what man holds most dear his parents, wife, children and property. ' You have done more than I expected. In addition to the previous qualities I beforo knew you to possess, I found among you a nolAe en- - . r .1 I thiuiam which leads to the performance of great things." ,. v. -. " "' : Street Edueat on 'A city missionary visited an unhappy young man la our jail, waiting for Ms trial fort State prison'crime ; "Sir," said tha prisoner, .with tears running down his cheeks " I had a good fcomo education ; it was .my street education that tulned me. I used to Slip oui of the fconse and go off with tho boys in the street In the streot I learned to lounge"; in. the treat I loarDod to s wear ; in thestroot I team ed to smoke ; in tha street I learned to gam. tin in tha street I learned to pilfer. O, sir tjt is in the street tha devil lurka to work the sum of tho young 1" 03 Spcnsippora' caused the picture of joy ind gladucsa to U set about his school to g' tify that the business of education ought to be t00erea as.gieasan. as may IMPORTANT REVELATIONS. LETTER FROM A MINNESOTA FARMER. Conversation with Governor GearyHie Treatment by the Administration. . Tremost House, . Chicago, March 30, 1857. Editors Tmduke : Thus far on my way from Washington to my home in Minnesota, I cannot bettor spend an hour' than detailing the substance of, and, as far as I am able, tho language used in a conversation with Gov. Geary, in Washington, on Wednesday last. I was introduced to the Governor by an old and valued friend of his, and was very cordially recoived. I found him to be a gentleman of about 40 years of age, tall, well proportioned, evidently athletic, and with a very honest and agreeable face. Of courso, our conversation turned at once upon what is now uppermost in every mind the affairs in Kansas. I have, all my life, been what is called a National Democrat j and though my territorial residence forbade me taking any part in tho last Presidential ebction.my sympathies and hopes were earnestly for Mr. Buchanan. I was not, then, as you imagine, exactly prepared to hear the tale that Gov. Geary told. I had looked upon the reports which were circulated in opposition newspapers, as grossly exaggerated statements of occurrences in tho Territory ; and, though willing to admit that the pro-slavery men had been guilty of some excess, I consoled myself with the natural supposition that the other side was equally to blame. Even the report of the conversation of the Gov. in tho office of tho Missouri Democrat, I looked upon as a partizan statement, greatly distorted for political purposes. Judge then of my surprise, to hear, from his lips, a confirmation of all that I had looked upon as false, before ; and to hear the remarks attributed to him by tho Democrat, not only reaffirmed, but repeated with minute details which greatly heightened the effect of what he had to say. I do not proposo to detail at length tho conversation that filled almost an hour ; but I cannot refrain from calling your attention and that of your readers, to tho few points which have not appeared in the many reports given by the public press. Passing over his confirmation of the charges of atrocities, which have filled tho Republican papers a confirmation, direct, positive, and unequivocal I will mention what he said in relation to the withdrawal of tho troops : "Every Pro-Slavery man of influence as well as many of the saloon-keepers, common loafers and the like, knew of tho proposed withdrawal ; and I was taunted by them some of them the vilest of the vile with the fact that I was to bo left unsupported, long bo-fore I had any official notification of what was intended. I did not pay any "attention to these things, inasmuch that I, though then suspicious, yet depended upon the positivo assurance of the Administration that 1 should bo sustained. The discovery that the people of the Territory were to be left at tho mercy of the assassins by whom they were threatened, was the severest .trial to which I was subjected." , , '. I repeat his language as literally as possible ; and I am suro that I do not color or cx- agcrate the facts. In rotation to the character of tho men who havo been laboring to destroy his power and influence, he observed : " There are mon here in Washington now, seeking for office, and with tho probability that they will get what thoy ask, whose hands and arms up to Oieir elbows are red with blood! I know them to be murderers ! Yet they are graciously received by Mr. Buchanan and the Cabinet, and their statements are taken as truth wherever they conflict with mine. They .... ... J r are treated witn more coruiamj nnu imur than I, who havo tried to discharge my duty i faithfully and honestly, can ever hope to bo." In relation to the coming election and the probable complexion of tho Constitutional Convention, he said : " I believe that at least two-thirds of the people of tho Territory are in favor of making Kansas frco ; but under the operation of the plans which thoir opponents have devised, there is no doubt that a Pro-Slavery Consti tution will be framed." Tho differences between the two parties, he statod as follows : "Among tho Pro-Slavery men, thero is no freedom of speech or the press hardly of opinion. Tho first inquiry made by thorn of evory new-comer, is, " Where are you from ?" and if tho answer is "from the North," that man is marked, and neither bis person nor property is safe. They havo established a reign of Terror. Among the rce stato men, I found nothing of this : every man who has an opinion is at liberty to express it without molestation. I had no trouble with them after the first difficulties wero over nono what- er." Tho Governor was vory direct and explicit in his charges against the lato Administration, and by no means disposed to spare that now in power. Ho seemed to speak as an honest, injured man. Going to Kansas with tho in. tcntion of dealing alike with all parties, and enforcing the) laws as ho found them, without inquiry as to how or by whom tkey wore made, he soon learned that that policy was not what his party there, or bis superiors in office do sired. . ".They" (I use his words) "dreaded nothing so much as soon as they ascertained that be was not io be used for thoir purposes, his troubles and persecution! commenced. H complaiued that his dispatchea sot to the Department of State were grossly garbled In publication, when they were permitted to see tho light at alt The part which supposed to be offonsiro to the Pro-Slavory party wore stricken put j and tlto, "country said, he, '' has never yet learned tho whole truth." Ha thought that no objection was ever made to any strictures upon Frco Stato men ; but when tho truth was told of their opponents, it was " goring our ox." . Id this conversation of which I hare given but a brief outline, the Governor, though thorc were others in the room, a part of tho time at least, spoko principally to me, as I had particularly requested astatemont of facts as thoy had como under his observation. He did not speak under excitement, but discreetly and with apparent care to tell the exact truth. His Secretary the name I do not recollect was present dnring the conference, and ho often in the most emphatic manner, confirmed the G ovornor's words. Indeed, so excited was he, at times, when a topic of peculiar interest was touched the murdor of Buflum, for in stance that his indignation manifested itself not only in his words, but in an exceedingly demonstrative personal manner. When,thor-oughly aroused by tho Governor's narration, I asked him : ' Governor what am I, a Nor-then Democrat, to do ? I am tempted to de clare, here, that I am roady to work hereafter with the Republican party ? " ho answored quickly and decisively " There scorns to be no other courso for an honest And intelligent man to pursue." I have thus given you a sketch of what oc curred in an interview which has left mo in no doubt of what is my duty to do. I believe religiously believe that Governor Geary is an honest and conscientious man, and that he told me tho truth. I go home to my farm in Minnesota, ready to co-oporato with any men or any party to make, not only Minncsota,but every Territory, now and forever hereafter free. Allow mo in conclusion to say that I did not go to Washington to breathe the atmos-phore .which I there found. My business was not of a political nature, but connected with tho settlement of disputed land claims, for myself and others, in the General Land Office. I am glad to got back, out of the cringing ser vility of Northern men, of my own party, of which I was tho unwilling witness. JOSEPH FORD. Fountain Grove, Rico County, M. T. Dontli or Anderson the Traveller. Tho Ftcdrclandct of Stockholm, of March 2d, says: " Wo havo just received tho news of the death of tho celebrated Swedish traveller, Mr. Andersen. Ho some time ago set out on his third journey into tho interior of Africa to make zoological researches, and after having explored the banks of tho Tiogho and of Lake Ngami, ho undertook, in company with an Englishman, JUr. urccn, an excursion in an easterly direction, and succeeded in reaching a country into which no other European cvor penetrated. Thero ho met a young elephant and went in pursuit of it ; just as he was on tho point of overtaking it a very large elephant joined it, two natives fired on tho latter and wounded it, on which the animal attacked Mr. Andersen and killed him by trampling him under foot. ' Mr. Andersen was buried on the spot on which he was killed. His numerous and valuablo collections havo been deposited at the consulate of Sweden and Norway, at tho Cape of Good Hope." Mr. Andersen was tho author of tho captivating book of travels which was introduced with such flattering comments by Col. Fro-mont, in a letter to the publishers in this city, a few months sinco AT. T. rost. The Conviction of Ward at Tole do. The murder trial which has becen going on in Toledo the past and present woek, has resulted in tho conviction of Ward for the mur der of his wife. The Blade, of Thursday, says : " The murder is one of tho most brutal, horrid and disgusting in all the annals of crime A husband not only murders his wife, after cold-blooded premeditation, but he sits up nights, with his door locked, cuts hor into small pieces, and burns up hor remains in tho stove. This process occupied several days, in which time he drew largely on tho shops around for shavings, and tho unsavory scent went forth from the chimney, and .filled tho nostrils of those who happened to be in the vicinity. Ward occupied himself with this disgusting and appalling work, till ho thought he had obliterated all traces of his guilt, and defied dotection. " But " murder will out." It is amazing what an array of facts, unimportant in themselves, have been brought to bear on the case, and what an irresistible convic tion of guilt thoy carry to the mind." A mysterious Affair. On Tuesday, a man named Crooks who is a printer by trade from Lancaster, Ohio, procur ed a warrant and had arrested Wm. H. Nick-crson, charging him with being John Jones, who a long while ago killed in Columbus, 0., officer Becbc. Crooks says that tho. accused told him while intoxicated in Burlington,Iowa, that ho was the murderer, and that ho has sinco then made to him the samo revelation. Two weeks since he again encountered him at Evansville, and they went to Now Harmony on tho Wabash, where he was unable to have him arrested. , Thence thoy came to thisoity. ' Nickerson donios that ho wag in Columbus, Ohio, at the time, and" say that he is a shoemaker from' New York. "He has been paying Crooks expenses for some weeks( and during all tbat time 0. has been seeking to have him arrested. At the time of tho murdor, Crooks waa confined in tho "Ohio 'penitentiary. - -j Crooks', the atcuser, is la jail, as wU as Nickerson, the "accused. - ". , ;x ... ..... . ' - ' ' ni in . . , '!(rAEible distributor in Kentucky report that or thirty thousand families b tiflr ite, one-fourth had no Bibto, and many had never heard of sucb a kaok a all ! '" There wore threo regtdarly-onlained minister also who had nocopt of tba Scripture?, THE DRED SCOTT CASE I!f TUB On 10 LEGISLATURE. Report of tho Standing Committees on Federal Relations, to whom was referred tho resolution of Mr. Kolloy, of Franklin, and various petitions relative to the recent decision of the Supremo Court of the United States, in the Dred Scott Case. Tour committee submit that so far as they are able to comprehend tho force and effect of said decision, it, among other things, na tionalizes Slavery, annihilates the heretofore conceded right of the free Statos to inhibit that institution ; assorts that there is no power in Congress, or the people of tho United States, orof tho Territories, to exclude Slavery ; sane. tions tho monstrous proposition that man can hold proporty in man; shuts the courts of justice to hundreds of thousands of native born citizens ; assumes that tho black has no civil rights ; and dooms every foot of soil to tho curso of Slavery, and that irrevocably. Your committee assort that this case has no parallel in wickedness in the history of the world. Yerros was content to lay waste a few insignificant provinces : this decision deals , with a nation, yea, an entire race. It imbrutcs and inhumanizes the race, and ! with a sublimo touch of Vandalism, it ruth lessly strips human beings of rightsGod-given, and hands them over to bo devoured by human beasts of prey. Such now is declared by the highest judi cial tribunal in the land, to bo tho mission of tho Constitution of tho United States. If so, better far that it had never been writ ten. This decision, however, is contrary to all preconceived notions of that instrument. The union of States under the federal com pact, has heretofore been regarded as a combination of so many independent sovereignties for fixed purposes and definite objects. States( upon entering the confederation, wore not supposed to have surrendered any of their local rights as independent governments. Theso they cautiously reserved. They del egated to tho General Government certain powers believed to be in harmony with their reservations. Tho object to be attained was not a strong, overshadowing central government, which should efface State lines and obliterate State institutions, but ono which should -effectually secure to all theso State, se curity from foreign aggressions, immunity from domestic divisions, and protect, foster, cherish and perpetuate civil and religious liberty, and the rights of all mankind. These, as old as the Constitution, are all in detail, dissipated by said decision. It becomes us then, as citizens of Ohio, calmly yet firmly to tako our position and abide tho consequences. If wo rido out the storm, well ; if we go down, better thus than tame submission to such consummate wickedness. Threo times onco by tho ordinance of '87, onco by the j Constitution of A. D., 1802, and onco by our present Constitution has tho territory of our j State been forever consecrated to freedom. Now, however, we loam that those instruments wero a cheat, a delusion, and a mere rope of sand. We learn that our own Ohio, instead of be. ing in fact a free, is in effect a Slave State. Tho mighty sin against God, and tho giant wrong against man contemplated by that decision, wist not and shall not be consummated in Ohio. It attcmps to force upon us an institution, hated, loathed, and execrated by the whole civilized world, and by no portion of tho earth with a deeper and more abiding detestation and abhorrence than by tho peoplo of our State. The men and women of Ohio regard Slavery with a loathing which no words yet coined will express. This acursed institution may be planted upon soil, and interwoven with our institutions, but not until every valley, evory plain and every hill-side is reddened with the blood and whitened with the bones of our sons, brothers, husbands and fathers. Sternly to tho South and their Northern abettors, wo say in all kindness, that it will tako more than one decision fulminated by a Jesuitical Catholic Judge, to conquer a freo Protestant people. We may be deprived of tho ability and power to prevont the clanking of tho bondsmen's chains around our altars, our homc3 and our fires, but, thank God, no human power can prevont our dying in the attempt. We may bo unable to protect thou sands of our own citizons in tho onjoyment or thoir civil rights, but long, fierce, and desperate will be the struggle before we yield tho point. Wo havo now seen every department of tho Gcnoral Government subsidized to the support, spread, maintainance, and eternaliza-tion of slavery. In this mad crusade against our dearest, most sacred, and most cherished rights, we have interposed our most earnest remonstrance, and uttered our most solemn warning. All unheeded and uncared for has boon that remonstrance and that warning. . , This decision, if undertaken to be enforced, places us immeasurably beyond that point where forbearance is longer a virtue. Yea, it is questionable whother It Is not even now a crime against both man and God. - Endeavor to enforce thatdecisica m our Stato, and from the blue waters of Lake Erie on the north, to the beautiful Ohio on the south ; from the hills of Pennsylvania on the east, to the plains of Indiana on . tho west, but ono toioo will be licard echoing and reechoing tho war cry of tha Bovolulion " Give u Liberty, or give ut Death." ; v.- ; . : , 1 As an indication of the purpose of the Gen. oral Assembly and theeopie of, Ohio, your committee- recommend the adoption afthe fol lowing resolutions, &ndtuo passage of the ao tompanying act: ." v''' - 1 MOLCTI05S. Rm'.vJ by tht Grntrtt Jssmb'y of Cm Rate of Ohio, 1. That this General Assembly has observed with regret that in the opinion Iato-ly pronounced by Chiof Justice Taney, in bo-hair of a majority of tho Supreme Court of the United States, in tho case of Dred Scott against J. F. H. Sanford, occasion has boon takon to promulgate, extrajudicially, corlain doctrines concerning Slavery, not less contradictory to well known facts of history, than repugnant to the plain provisions of tho Constitution and subversive of the rights of Freemen and Freo States. 2. That in the judgment of this General Assembly, every person born within the limits of any State of this Union, is a citizen thereof, and to deny to any such person tho right of suing in the Courts of the United States, in tho cases where that right in guarantied by the Constitution to all citizens of the United States, is a palpable ahd unwarrantable viola- tion of that sacred instrument. 3. That the doctrine announced by tho Chief Justice, in behalf of a majority of the Court, that tho Federal Constitution regards slaves as mere property, and protects the claims of masters to slaves to tho samo extent and in tho samo manner as tho rights of own- ers in proporty, within the limits of Free States, during temporary visits or 'for purposes of transit, to the practical consequences of which doctrine no Free. State can submit with honor. 4. That the doctrine also announced in behalf of a majiorty of tho Court, that there exists no power in the General Government to excludo Slavery from the Territories of the United States, subverts express provisions of the Constitution, annuls the just authority of the People ol tho United States over their own territories, and contradicts the whole practice of the Government under every administration from that of Washington to that of Polk. 5. That, in the promulgation of the doctrines against which wo now protest, we rec-ognizo the natural effect of the ascendency of thojslave power in the Supremo Court of the United States secured by that arrangement of tho Circuits which gives to the Slave States, with less than one-third of tho Freo Population of this Union, five out of nine judges leaving to the Freo States, with more than two-thirds of tho Free Population, only four ; and we hereby instruct the Senators and re quest tha Representatives of Ohio, in the Congress of the United States to use their best endeavors to obtain such a modification of existing laws as will secure to the Free States their just representation in that Tribunal. 0. P. BROWN, " H. CATSKrKLD, Committee of the Senate. RALPH PLUMB, E. GUTHRIE, J. H. LITTLER, GEO. MYGATT, Committee of the Douse. Bill to prevent slavcholding in Ohio. Sec. 1 Provides that any person attempting to "old another as a slavo directly or indirect ly, shall bo Jinca ana imprisoned. Sec. 2 Provides that if any person shall seize or arrest, or uso any forco or fraud for the purposo of detaining any other person, upon pretense that such person is a fugitive from service, shall bo punished by fine and itnpris- onmcnt. Sec. 3 Provides that any attempt to kidnap any person with intent to carry said person out of tho Stato for the purpose of enslaving him in somo other Stato or jurisdiction, shall be punished by confinement in tho Pcniten- itcntiary. Sec. 4 Provides that the provisions of tho bill shall not apply to any act lawfully done by any marshal in tho execution of any legal process. Gov. Geary's Conversations. Joseph Ford, of Fountain Grove, Rico county, Minnesota Territory, a farmer and a Dem ocrat, who could not vote for Buchanan be-causo he rcsidsd in a territory, but whose sympathies were steadily with the Buchancers who considered the " bleeding Kansas " stories lies, and thought the Missouri Democrat's report of that which was stated in conversation, by Geary, in the office of that journal, a misrepresentation, was introduced to Geary at Washington, by an old personal friond of the Ex-Governor, and had a long conversation with him. He has written out a report of the talk at tho interview, which has appeared in tho Chicago Tribune, and more than confirms tho Missouri Democrat's Geary pro- nunciamonto. He professes to givo Geary's very words in thjs paragraph : "Thcrearo men hero in Washington now, seeking for office, and with the probability that they will get what they ask, whose hands and arms up to their elbows are red with blool. 1 know them to be murderers I Yot thoy aro gra- ciously received by Mr. Buchanan and tho Cabinet ; and their statements are taken for truth wherevor thoy conflict with mine. They are treated with more cordiality and favor than I, who havo tried to dischargo my duty faithfully and honestly, can ever hope to bo." Tho appointment by Mr, Buchanan of a crowd of tho Ruffians to the offices within his gift in tho territory, shows that the Ex-Gov. ernor waa right. ' - - : How to Soar MRS A Kite. Every schoolboy knows that a kite would not fly nnless it had a string tying it down. It is just so in life. The man who ia tid down byhalf-a-dozen responsibilities and their mother will mako a higher and stronger flight than tho bachelor wno. havinz nothinn to keop him steady, is always floundering in the mud. If yolt want to ascend in the world tie yourself to somebody K "' " - ? T : . (T In chnrch'at Jtivaa, Nicaragua there is a very well executed bust of the leader of tha American revolution, of whom the natives speak as tba Good Saint, Otorge Washington., . WE8TWAICD IIO I The usual Spring tide of emigration to the West has already commenced. Well do we remember when Ohio was " the West," and Illinois on the verge of sundown. Now, men cross the Mississippi, and wind their weary way over miles and miles of prairie, to pau.io only upon the Pacific shore. Properly upcak-ing, " West " is now Kansas, Nebraska and Minnesota "the Northwest," Oregon and Washington Territories. The emigration of Wisconsin is also very largo ; at the next apportionment she will have as many mcmliers of tho House of Representatives as Virginia. Iowa is settling with amazing rapidity. Her fino soil, good water and plentiful supply of timlicr, form great attractions to the emigrants.A large numlier of Kansas and Nebraska emigrants pass through this city. Tho steamers are crowded with families from tho old States, moving West with baggage generally citizens of intelligence nnd liberal ntenns We apprehend that tho unsettled condition of Kansas will cause a rapid increase of settlers in Nebraska, as soon as the laud offices are open. Minnesota is a land of promise to the New England emigrant. Emigration is generally upon the same parallel of latitude, and therefore tho citizens of Now England and Northern New York generally prefer Minnesota. Tho Northern part of tho State is well timbered, although the climate is somewhat frigid in winter. Tho recent grant of land for railway purposes will be divided among six different roads, as follows : 1. From Stillwater, by the way of St. Paul, to St. Anthony, and to "a point between the foot of Big Stone Lake and tho mouth of Sioux Wood River. 2. From the same points by the way of Crow Wing and St. Cloud to tho navigable waters of the Red River of the North, at such point as the Legislature of the Territory may dolermine. 3. From St. Paul and St. Anthony, via Minneapolis, to the southern boundary of the Territory in the direction of tho mouth of the Big Sioux river. 4. From the same points as tho above to the north line of the State of Iowa, not cast of Mitchell county, in that Stato. This grant is for a continuation of the Ceder River Brunch of tho Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska Railroad whose eastern terminus is at the City of Clinton, on the Mississippi. 5. From Winona, via St. Poter, to a point on tho Big Sioux river south of tho 45th parallel of north latitude. 6. From La Crescent up the valley of Root river, to a point of junction with the last mentioned road, cast of range seventeen. Of courso it will bo many years before all of these roads are constructed, the grant, however, will prove a great incentive to settling the State. In Minnesota, on tho first of Juno next will bo held an election for delegates to the Constitutional Convention, which assem bles in August following. In Nebraska three new land offices will be opened about thciuid- Robert J, Walker's Opinion in Regard to Slavery in Kansas. Extract from a letter written by Robert J. Watter, Sept., 1S5G.J Thero is another reason not heretofure ad-vorted to, which seems to render it impracti cable long to maintain Slavery in Kansas. In all the Slave States there is a largo majority of voters who are non-slaveholders, but they are devoted to the institutions of tho South they would defend them with their lives and on this question the South are a united people. This class, composed of many small farmers, of merchants, mechanics, overseers, and other industrial classes, constitute mainly the patrol of the South, and cheerfully unite in carrying out those laws essential to pre serve the institution. Agaimt a powerful mi nority and constant agitation, Slavery conld not long exist in any State. It is a well known fact that this result would have followed soon in several . of tho Slavo States ; but for the unanimity speedily produced there by the Ah- ohtion agitators and mtcrmcddlcrs of the North, Now, Kansas is much divided on the question of Slavery, there ; there is a powerful minority there, if not a majority. A partj not neutral but bitterly hostilo to the institu tion ; and for this, in addition to tho reasons beforo given, J do not belirve Kansas will become a Shve State. A Noble Deed. Yesterday afternoon, as tho train on the Evansville and Crawfordsville Railroad, was starting and had got under considerable headway, a child was discovered on tho track only a short distance ahead of the locomotive. Tho engincor immediately gavo tho signal and reversed his engine. The fireman, Mr. Charles Miller, seeing that tho train could not be stopped in timo, sprang through tho lookout, or window of the ongino, ran atong,until became to the forward end, jumped off, and snatched tho child from tho track, just in time lo save it from being crushed, as the locomotive was within five feet of him when he saved the child. 2irr Haute Esprest. More Filibusters. St. Ijocis, April 2. It is rumored that one j hundred and fifty filibusters uuder tho coin- mand of a son of one of our merchants, will soon leave this city to join an expedition which is shortly to invade Costa Rica, and thus relieve Walker by directing tho attention of hi enemies to another point. Abundant means aro said to be at their disposal. OCTlheEngliih papers received by tho Europa have beautiful tributes to the memory of Dr. Kano. The ono In the Loudon Atho-nsrjoin closes with the following words : "His death will be soverely felt by his countrmen, "by whom ha was greatly loved. England, too, will mourn the loss of so gallant and enterprising man, who, although yonng in years, had gained a high reputation." The papers recently contained an account of a man In Savanah who drew a $15,-000 prize In tho IbttoryY went on a iptee-, fosi his money, and dio4 iu a fit' Almost such a ease has within a few days occurred ib Wikshl ington. A young man obtained s pTi of $1,500 in the Southern Military Academy Lottory, and ba Cn crarj wneaquence ADVETt?RES OF A UED. t'.V-i Police Courts are great institutions, and some very humorous affairs happen thero as will bo scon by the following jfeport in a lata number of the Cincinnati Vi-mnercial:,: . Charles Hoffman a short time since lived in peace and plenty in the romantic .vicinity .of North Bend, but times grow dull, ami go concluded to remove himself, his bcitcr-half.and household goods, to tlu bustling locality of tho Queen City. Arrived hum, Charlos entrusted his furniture to tlw carecf a drayman named John Fenton a broth of a boy, with, one of tho riches,t Cork brogues ever bottled for exportation on tho other side of tlw Atlantic. . ( ' " I washes mine hands ov dcm." said Uoff-' man in an accent decidedly Germanic, "until Buch dime as you dukes nm mit mine house das I (lakes in Sax drect," and Fenton having taken the responsibility, Hoffman took vrow, who by the way is a fair flower from the Emerald Isle, and escorted her to their new habitation.In duo time the dray arrived, but upon er-amination the load was discovered to be minu a bcd,whieh the drayman while scratching his head, said must have fallen somewhere upon tho way from the b at. 1 1 ore u pou a war of word s ensued between Mrs. Hoffman and the drayman iu which somo not very delicate compliments were passed on cither sido, but which resulted at that time in the latter driving off, and leaving the lady to "waste hor sweotnesa on the desert air." Finally sho procured a search warrant, and in company with anofficer sho examined Funton's domicile where a bed was found which she averred to be the on which the treacherous drayman had represented as having fallen off the dray. All the parties, including Mrs. Fenton, a fut, fair and forty dame, whoso sleek sides looked as if good bedding was most essential for their comfort, appeared in court, together with the disputed bed. Hoffman detailed his history until the-timo that lie had seen it safely deposited upou the dray. " It ish a goot bed," said he, " vor I prings it from Yarmony," and in recalling old reminisconccs connected with the bed, a shado of melancholy overspread his countenance, "but," continued ho, " mine vrow knows him, she knows him by his mark." " Hould on," broko in the corpulent spouse, of John Fenton the drayman. " Hould oti, shurc now and yer honor won't be after letting thim swear a dacent womau's bed frou. under her widout law or reason ; haven't I got a mark too, as can prove that the bed's mo-own thrue property ?" " You can't bo admitted a witness in this case," said the court, " and now my good woman," addressing Mrs. Hoffman, "how do you know that the bed belongs toyour husband ?" " By this pace of tick," replied that lady, holding triuinphautly aloft about six inches of that fabric, "which I cut from the bed by token when I ripped it to paces, and sowed it over agin, and by tho needlework that I pit into it." " It's me own blessed bed," cxclamed Mrs. Fenton "that they're seeking to take froiu ancatn me." - r - - " Hould yer fr.lse tongue," screamed Mrs. Hoffman, " the bed's mine by raison of the tick and the stitching." " Ye're a black hearted perjurer," retorted Mrs. Fenton. " The curse of .Cromwell on yc'cs for thry- ' ing to stalo a poor woman's bed" from her." re joined Mrs. Hoffman. - , "Silence" thundered the Court, amlrcssinc; tho belligerent (cmales,nnd then looking around the Judgo added, "is there an expert in bed ticking hero?" . At this a gentleman who professed soma) knowlcdgo in bed ticks, advanced, and after a careful scrutiny, pronounced the remnant produced by Mis. Hoflnun, as tho same pattern and fiibric with the ticking of the bed. " llowly mother," exclaimed Mrs Fenton, holding up her arms, "it's mo bed they'll he afthcr stealing from me afther alL" , Another expert, however, gave bis opinion that tho fabricks wore not similar, and yot two more decided upon the opposite sides, to tho bewilderment ol the Lourt, with whom there. appeared but ono altcrnativo, to cut the bed ia two and make an equal division. By thi time lawyers, rcportcr-i and a crowd of principals and witnesses in other cases crowded cu- ''sly around, and opinion appeared equally -m .m..i, B : amj,l0 tn0 troublesome subject in. dispute! There was a deep silence, which was suddenly' broken by the shrill voice of Mrs.' Fenton. - " Shuro now," said that lady, " to tell ma-that I don't know tho ould bed t'ltat poor Mikei Flannignn died on wid tho small-pox, pace to. his sowl." . . Had a bomb shell fallen upon llur spot, the crowd assembled around that bed would not havo Iieen more effectually dispersed. Ont corpulent gentlemen in his eucerness to get away, turnod a back somerset over bench, othors ran to ho windows, which they threw-wide open, while tho prosecuting att'y wrath-fully exclaimed to some attendants,, " take. that infectious thing down stairs." At this. moment the Judgo who had concluded the in-spection, majestically waved his armt. and commanded silence. ,, : " We are enabled," said ho, to disposo of this knotty case at once, we have examined lioth Cibrics and find that the threads in ono. run different ways from the center of the pat-, torn, while in tho other they run across, whirl proves that the ticking is iu4 the same. So you, "addressing tho Hoffman's," ufunt b. content at tho present time with a soft plank, while you, turning to the victorious Kenton's, " may tako up your bed and walk." ' Black ako Whttis. A negro woman ronf-i ding at No. 3 Richmond street, Boston, gavo ' birth on Sunday to two living infants, one of. which is black and tho other white. Ex-, change. ' ' Qr. How would Chief .Tuitica Taney draw the distinction between the two, aa regard. their being or not bcingcitizens ef the United States ? Can one sue in the federal courts and not in the other I Or are both shut out in r v i v I i,;..k t ..... su,npUval , them. X J. rost. . - t Bkactiej or tub Law. In thq WaraeMtr: (Mass) Court of Common PWaV fewdya , tito, Mr. Dudle? sued Mr. Tilt to recover. $t,25, the price of a pair of boot, Judgment ' was given lor tha pluintilf, who rerovared hi I $1,25, and had t py his lawyer, beside lott- , ing his timo. Tlie defendant rwy his law.-y ars, tbsM his timo, and haa to " fork over $120costa,togve $t,25.' '""-' : ? Cl.CARixa Ur. At country buret wher, Sheridan was on a visit, a oil maid desired to he bis companion in a walk. He xcuwl ; himself at first an the ground of the balifoitii of the Weather. She noon aAerwnjdti delect ted Mm in an attempt lo escape .wtibfut fcM J W ell," she said, " ia a cleared up, I see.". " Why, yeSj" t answered, " it is cleared enough tot ent but not enough for two. l It t I i